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Description
A postcard showing theatre-goers embarking on trolley cars at Riverton Park after the show. Riverton Park in Portland was opened in the summer of 1896. The park was owned and operated by the Portland Street Railroad Company and covered approximately 40 acres on the banks of the Presumpscot River. One of the trolley cars is labeled "Portland and Deering".
About This Item
- Title: After the Theatre, Riverton Park, ca. 1905
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Riverton Park, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: Streetcar Postcard Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Riverton Park (Portland, Me.)
- Parks--Maine--Portland
- Theaters--Maine--Portland
- Electric railroads--Maine--Portland
- Street railroads--Maine--Portland
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Seashore Trolley MuseumPO Box A, Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
(207) 967-2800
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